Procurement & portfolio lead

Sugarfin PR & Marketing Solutions, LLC; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A market-leading manufacturer in Greater Lincolnshire is seeking a Procurement & Portfolio Lead on a 12-month maternity cover contract. The role involves overseeing the retail portfolio, managing supplier partnerships, and driving cost optimisation. Candidates should possess strong procurement experience and excellent project management skills. This hybrid position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact across various retail channels.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, retail, or manufacturing environments.
• Confidence in negotiating and influencing across stakeholders.
• Exposure to NPD or lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier management and pricing strategy.
• Implement sourcing strategies and monitor commodity trends.
• Manage NPD and product lifecycle activities.
• Partner with retail customers for opportunities.
• Maintain market intelligence and performance reporting.
• Liaise with procurement, sustainability, and sales teams.

Skills

Strong procurement and supplier management experience

Proven commercial acumen

Excellent project management skills

Collaborative communication

Job description

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Location: Lincolnshire - hybrid
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Sector: Manufacturing / FMCG / Retail Supply

Contract: 12-Month Fixed Term

Are you a commercially minded procurement professional looking for a varied and high-impact interim role? We're supporting our industry leading client, a market-leading manufacturer as they seek a Procurement & Portfolio Lead to oversee a category on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

This is a dynamic, cross-functional role with real breadth combining procurement strategy, supplier management, and commercial delivery across a fast-moving consumer product range.

The Opportunity

You'll take ownership of the portfolio, managing supplier partnerships, driving cost optimisation, and ensuring continued commercial success across key retail channels. Alongside this, you'll support new product initiatives and category planning to ensure long-term growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supplier management, commercial negotiations and pricing strategy within the retail portfolio.
• Implement sourcing strategies, monitor commodity trends, and maintain contingency plans to ensure supply continuity.
• Manage NPD and product lifecycle activities, from concept to launch, in collaboration with technical and marketing teams.
• Partner with retail customers to identify opportunities and support tenders, pricing submissions and product launches.
• Maintain benchmarking, market intelligence and performance reporting to support commercial decision‑making.
• Liaise closely with internal functions including procurement, sustainability, and sales to ensure alignment and delivery.

About You

• Strong procurement and supplier management experience, ideally within FMCG, retail, or manufacturing environments.
• Proven commercial acumen confident negotiating and influencing across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working across category, sourcing or portfolio roles, ideally with exposure to NPD or lifecycle management.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to balance short‑term priorities and long‑term strategy.
• A collaborative, confident communicator with strong attention to detail.

This is a brilliant opportunity to step into a visible, wide-reaching procurement position within a respected, values-driven business. You'll work across trusted brands, established supplier networks, and an experienced internal team all while helping shape category direction during a period of maternity cover.

Anne Corder Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

If you're commercially savvy, supplier-focused, and ready for a challenge we'd love to hear from you.